"Young Lord Zhen, apologies, but we are under no obligation to cooperate with you."
"That's right. We've already conducted an internal review and found no interaction with Xiahou Xi."
"Young Lord Zhen, none of the forces from our Sunrise Divine Kingdom have had contact with Xiahou Xi either. However, someone did see Xiahou Xi a few hours before the commencement. But Xiahou Xi seemed very secretive, even avoiding the eyes of others."
"Young Lord Zhen, take it easy. When thousands of people are moving about, accidents are bound to happen here and there."
Since the trouble hadn't landed on their heads, naturally no one was overly concerned. "Better the misfortune befall others than on me"—this was the reality of the martial dao world.
If others died, that was their problem. It was none of their business and certainly not worth worrying over. In fact, some might even secretly gloat.
